The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Thoughts become things through action. The most powerful tool for creating changes in your life is attention and action. No action means no creation.

I heard the little bird say so.

We don’t care about what you did yesterday—we care about what you’re going to do tomorrow.

I don't have a problem with people from Slovakia and Lithuania. But I do have a problem with immigration from Islamic countries.

I don't think contemporary writers spend a lot of time reading each other. Particularly writers of the same nationality.

The quality of any creative endeavor tends to approach the level of taste of whoever is in charge.

It's not how many books you get through, it's how many books get through you.

...So put a gerbil on your Christmas list.

I've been indicted for rules that don't even exist.

You just see your hands, your ice axe, and your crampons...and they have to just move.